Backed by a live orchestra, Jackman will perform songs from The Greatest Showman and Les Miserables as well as other Broadway classics.

Ms Knight will speak and sing in her traditional language of Walmatjarri as part of the 'nomad section' of the show which also features her son, singer Clifton Bieundurry and Didgeridoo players Paul Boon and Nathan Mundraby.

Jackman has described their performance as a special part of the production.

"Their language, their culture, their heritage, their music and most importantly their hearts … I want the world to experience all of it," he told the ABC in a statement.

"I'm truly humbled and honoured to stand by Olive's side and pay my respects to her and her ancestral home.

"Olive is an authentic and powerful Walmatjarri and Bunuba woman."

'Light bulb moment'

The musicians' collaboration with Jackman dated back to 2011 when Mr Boon said the actor stumbled across a performance and exhibition they were staging in Los Angeles called Nomad Two Worlds with photographer Russell James.

"The tsunami had just hit Fukushima which cancelled shooting for one of the X-Men movies in Japan," Mr Boon said.

"He [Jackman] had a gap in his schedule and his agent said why don't you start doing this one man show you've always wanted to do.

"He just wanted something to reflect Australia and, lucky for us, he walked into an exhibition in LA we were having … and the light bulb moment when he just went, 'That's what I want in my show,' and that's how it all started."